Let’s face it: sample libraries. They’re the black hole of music production. You start with a spark of inspiration, a killer riff, a beat that could move mountains. Three hours later, you’re buried under a mountain of vaguely-labelled WAV files, wondering where your life went wrong. Output, purveyors of sonic…

The year is 2025. Self-driving cars are (mostly) avoiding pedestrians, and we’re all arguing about the ethics of sentient toasters. But a new, slightly more terrifying problem has emerged: AI-generated Celine Dion. Yes, you read that right. Team Dion recently released a statement cautioning fans about unauthorized, AI-generated music circulating…

Let’s face it, most of us hum in the shower. Some even attempt to play instruments (badly). But creating actual, listenable music? That’s usually left to the professionals. Or, at least, was. Enter the age of AI music generators, promising symphonies from simple text prompts. Are they the future of…

The robots are coming for your playlists. And maybe even writing them. Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of sci-fi nightmares (or, you know, Her), is now composing symphonies, crafting catchy jingles, and generally making noise in the music industry. But is it music? Or just…math with a beat? The Algorithmic…

So, the robots were supposed to steal our jobs, our creativity, and apparently, our Bandcamp carts. Except, according to Bandcamp themselves, the robot uprising in the independent music scene is… delayed. Or maybe it’s just really, really subtle. Forbes recently interviewed Bandcamp’s editorial director, J. Edward Keyes, and general manager,…

The robots may be able to compose, but they can’t collect royalties. In a landmark decision, the U.S. Federal Appeals Court affirmed that music (and other content, for that matter) created solely by artificial intelligence is ineligible for copyright protection. Think of it as a legal firewall against the impending…

Okay, let’s be honest: When AI started composing symphonies, I choked on my kombucha. Another nail in the coffin of human creativity, right? Wrong. Turns out, the robots aren’t coming for our gigs… yet. They’re offering a (slightly glitchy) hand. The music AI landscape is a battlefield of opinions. You’ve…